About

This restaurant is permanently closed. Boxing Room opened in June 2011 in the former 19th-century Standard Shirts Factory, located in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley neighborhood. Chef de Cuisine, Athman El-Kindiy celebrates the Cajun and Creole dishes of New Orleans coupled with seasonal Northern California ingredients. Additionally, Boxing Room offers a seafood bar, cocktails, wine and several beers on tap. Since opening, Boxing Room has been named one of San Francisco’s Best New Restaurants by 7x7 magazine, and San Francisco magazine gave the restaurant a 3-star review. Boxing Room is open daily for dinner, lunch during the week, and brunch on the weekend.

We will miss you! Thank you all for many great meals and times out. You guys have been our go to for business lunches, to take visitors, show nights and just drop Ins when we needed a bite and some drinks. The food never disappointed, cocktails/wine/beer always on point for quality and selection and you had the best staff. Pretty bummed out to be honest.

We went pre-theatre and had no problem finishing dinner with plenty of time to spare. We split a little gem salad, which was chilled and delicious. We also both had different varieties of gumbo and it really hit the spot! Be aware that the last service at Boxing Room is brunch on 7/02/17. Thereafter, it is transitioning to Barcino, with a Catalan slant instead of Cajun/Creole.

The menu was not very creative and we wound up getting hamburgers because there was nothing else appealing on the menu. We had an 8 PM performance which our server knew. We waited a long time and when our order finally came it was incorrect and we had to wait even longer for the order to be corrected. We've enjoyed Boxing Room in the past but I doubt we would want to take a change again.

Boxing Room has been one of our favorite restaurants in the Civic Center/Hayes Valley areas. However, it will soon close and reopen with a different name and cuisine. According to our server when we went there on June 17, 2007 it will become a Spanish restaurant.

I used to love this place, but now the food has gone way downhill lately. The sole stuffed with crawfish was hard as a rock on the outside. The fish was way overcooked and the filling had a ton of lemon zest in it that was not listed on the menu (one of my allergies, btw). It tasted like it came straight out of the freezer and went into the microwave.

The vegetable plate was much better, though I suspect that the artichoke hearts were pre-frozen, too. And the peas were mushy. It's pea season, folks. Couldn't they be fresh?

The ice cream was wonderful, especially the bourbon and ginger flavors. Come here for cocktails and dessert, not dinner!

The waiter was very nice and helpful, and he paced us well so we could get to the opera on time.

We have had brunch and dinner at Boxing Room several times over the last two years. Dinner this Tuesday was very disappointing. The menu seems to get less and less varied -- brunch has more interesting options than dinner -- and the prices are high for the quality and quantity of the various courses. The service was rushed. We did have a theater event but were there in plenty of time. Like most American restaurants they rush to remove your plate before all diners have finished, annoying in the extreme. I might still recommend the restaurant for pre-theater but won't return myself for a while.

Food was good, but not as good as I remember the first time I was there.Too bad though they are closing, as it has taken a very long time to getthe Reservations I wanted at 6 PM, but was lucky this time, again, probablybecause they are closing!

Wait Staff was really Fantastic, they knew the Menu, and were able to explain it,and the delivery of food to our table was very fast. They were probably the mostEfficient Staff I have encountered in any restaurant, and I eat out a lot!

One of few Cajun restaurants in the city and one of the best. Unfortunately, I understand Boxing Room is closing. I'm sorry to hear it, because the food is very good. This is a great spot and right around the corner from Davy's Symphony Hall - it has become my go-to for before-show dining. I hope they retain their excellent staff and keep the ambiance and look-and-feel as is. I look forward to trying the cuisine of the next iteration.

The food at the Boxing Rook is uniformly good and tasty; however the menu is small and doesn't change often enough. One visit tends to be the same as the last. This is definiely not the place for those seeking new tastes.

Food was not up to the expectations from this reliable restaurant. Then I found out that the chef had relocated and the restaurant would be closing in a month. Duck was overcooked and dry. Subtracting from a great dish I have enjoyed here before. Still I will miss this spot.